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Welcome to the Southeastern CT SCORE Chapter

Whether you are in the planning stages, or are ready to go to the next level, we're here to help you with free mentoring and low-cost training. Volunteers can meet with clients at convenient locations in Southeastern CT.

Welcome to SECT SCORE! If you are looking forfree business advice and ongoing mentoring to help you start up a new business or improve the results of your current small business, you’ve come to the right place.

We have over 40 business professionals who volunteer their time to help build small businesses in our community. SCORE volunteers love the ‘business of business’, and they believe in the power of small businesses to drive our local economy and to inspire innovation.

Running a business is challenging; but you are not alone. SCORE has helped many entrepreneurs in “start-up” mode, as well asowners of established small businesses by providing them with ideas and guidance to grow their business.

Southeastern Connecticut SCORE® is a non-profit resource partner of the SBA, chartered by the US Congress in 1964 to offer free business counseling to the public. Education is also an important part of our focus. We offer 60 workshops a year covering topics from business basics, managing your finances, digital marketing and social media, to franchising, preparing business plans, and more.

Please continue to enjoy our website, reach out to us to find a mentor, or to become a mentor. Southeastern Connecticut SCORE is here for you and your business.

Click the link at the bottom of this page to receive updates on free workshops and events in your area.

Sincerely,

Margo Weitekamp

Chair, SECT SCORE

Our Southeastern Connecticut Chapter has nine branches to serve your needs. Each branch offers the same free and confidential counseling for small businesses.

Initially, you will meet with two or three counselors for one hour. Subsequent counseling sessions can be with those counselors or, if you have specific needs, other counselors can be called upon. Subsequent counseling sessions can also be conducted outside the normal hours, pending counselor availability.

The following are our branch locations and available counseling days and hours. Contact Usfor your free face-to-face mentoring session at the location most convenient to you. All locations are by appointment only. Please call 860-388-9508 to obtain free counseling at one of our nine Southeastern Connecticut locations:

Guilford Area: Guilford Police Station, Community Room, 400 Church Street (Route 77), Guilford, CT 06437. Mentoring: First 3 Wednesdays of the month. Sessions at 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00. Fourth Wednesday at discretion of team lead. Second Saturday of the month, sessions at 10:00 and 11:00.

New London Area: Public Library of New London, 63 Huntington Street (Corner of State St. and Huntington St.), New London, CT 06320. Mentoring: First, second and fourth Wednesday of the month. Sessions at 10:00, 11:00, and 12:00.

OldSaybrook Area: Acton Library, 60 Old Boston Road, 2nd Floor, Old Saybrook, CT 06475-1524. Mentoring: First and Third Tuesday of the month. Sessions at 10:15, 11:15 and 12:15. First Monday of the month 5:00PM -7:00PM.